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Composting can help fight climate change

Julia Simon for NPR Turn your food waste into beautiful earthy compost NPR KERA – Keeping food out of landfills can help fight climate change. And, luckily, there’s an easy solution for your home food waste: Composting!It doesn’t matter if you’re in a suburban home or

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Best Types Of Worms For Vermicomposting

Vermicomposting worms turn the soil and eat the organic matter Gardening Know How – The best types of worms for vermicomposting are red wigglers (Eisenia fetida) and redworms (Lumbricus rubellus) because they prefer a compost environment to plain soil, and they are very easy to keep.Vermicompost

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Worms at Work, Recycling Food Waste

Households, schools and businesses can all vermicompost USDA – Over one-third of all available food goes uneaten through loss or waste and vermicomposting, or worm composting, turns food scraps into a beneficial soil amendment that can be used in home gardens, landscaping, turfgrass, farms and more.Composting keeps

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Week 2: Vermicomposting

Earth Month 2024 – Week 2: Vermicomposting As we begin the second week of Earth Day activities, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport invites you to participate in our WEEK 2 Activity Lesson – Circular Economy: Composting OR download the At-Home Instructions and Supply List:Learn about: Composting is

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How to Use Your Smartphone to Shoot a Solar Eclipse

Photo by Anthony Sanchez How to capture the totally-eclipsed Sun with your phone Sky & Telescope – Many first-time eclipse watchers won’t be able to resist the temptation of trying to capture the rarest of photo ops: a solar eclipse.Using a smartphone to shoot an eclipse

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View the NASA Eclipses Gallery

On April 8, 2024, millions will view a total solar eclipse NASA – An eclipse is an awe-inspiring celestial event that drastically changes the appearance of the two biggest objects we see in our sky: our Sun and Moon. On Earth, people can experience solar eclipses

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Week 1: Total Solar Eclipse

Earth Month 2024 – Week 1: Total Solar Eclipse As Dallas Fort Worth International Airport begins a full month of Earth Day activities, we invite you to participate in our WEEK 2 Activity Lesson – Total Solar Eclipse OR download the At-Home Instructions and Supply List:Learn about:

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Registration is Open!

Starting today, schools can register for STEAM Activity Lessons! Starting today, February 7th, schools are now able to register online for STEAM Activity Lessons! Designed to supplement our website, all DFW Airport Earth Day 2024 content will be freely available for the entire month of April

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Celebrate Half Earth Day in Dallas

Creating a sustainable world for all life and future generations EarthX – In an effort to expand environmental awareness in the local community, EarthX EXPO has become the world’s largest green gathering in the days surrounding Earth Day in April. Dedicated to educating and inspiring people

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National Park Service Birthday

What’s Your Park Story? National Park Service – Founded on August 25, 1916, the National Park Service was created to “preserve unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park System for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations.” Join

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